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Indie Book Review: Perverse by Larry Rodness

19 year old Emylene Stipe is a 2nd generation Goth who, like
every teenage girl, is trying to find her place in the world. One night
she comes upon an old painting in an antique store and is compelled to
purchase it. When she brings it home an image of a young woman appears
in the sketch and then magically materializes in her apartment. Emylene
nick-names her 'Poinsettia' and they soon become fast friends. But
Poinsettia has an ulterior motive for her sudden and strange intrusion
into her host's life which causes Emylene to question her whole belief
system.

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Perverse follows a young woman
named Emylene. Emylene is the Goth princess. She knows something is
missing from her life, but she doesn't know what. She doesn't think
she is special. Until one day she comes across a painting that speaks
to her. That painting is no ordinary painting. That painting will
change Emylene's life forever and maybe for the worst.

Wow, this is quite an interesting
read. I loved how much we got to see into our main character's head
and the Goth lifestyle. It was a great coming-of-age story mixed with
an exciting paranormal story. I wasn't even sure how paranormal this
book was going to be. It starts off like a realistic story of a woman
who needs to find herself and grow up. Her discovery definitely
forces her to do that.

I liked Emylene later down the road in
this book. I was not a fan of hers at all in the beginning. She
pissed me off to be honest. She uses being a Goth as a way to act
like a self-righteous b***h. Her parents are the owners of a very
popular underground Goth club. She is the daughter and is called the
Goth princess and she see acts as such. She thinks she is above
others and people have to think like her for her actually like them.
She really irritated me. FYI, people don't want to be your friend
because you are Goth, people don't want to be your friend because you
are selfish and self-absorbed. I have had plenty of Goth friends and
I mean actual Goth, not the ones playing dress up. Even if our views
were different, they never acted like they were superior to me. I am
so glad Emylene grew up in this book, if anyone needed it, she did.

The book's pacing was a bit slow in
the beginning. But that is mainly because we are learning so much
about the character and her relationship with her parents. I really
enjoyed the parents in this book. They were fun and offbeat. You can
tell they love each other. I didn't really understand Emylene's
resentment towards them at times. I understand about rebelling
against your parents, but my goodness Emylene. Too crazy, just too
crazy. You will see when you get to it. Then there was the almost
affair she has with a man named Stelio. Stelio is the one who starts
the domino effect in this book. It is something so simple, but it all
comes together in the end. But this was also apart of Emylene's
childishness, she knew Stelio was married and she still wants to be
with him. When she makes a certain discovery, she is angry at him and
calls him a liar. Umm, hello! Doesn't the fact that he is lying to
you to his wife already indicate he is a liar? I really wanted to
smack some sense into this girl. I am sorry, but I just have to get
that off my chest.

I loved how the way the supernatural
is introduced into this book. The mix of vampires and demons was
quite interesting and unique. I loved how Rodness played with this.
It made the book more enjoyable. The vampires are quite demonic in
nature and work more like an infection that gets worse over time. The
way they grow and spread is well put together. I loved it.

Now, even though I had issues, I had a
lot of fun with this book. It wasn't perverse, this isn't a book on
love or anything. It was also another great way Rodness played with this book that I really enjoyed. The plot was great and I love the complexity of the
world and the characters no matter how infuriating. It is a great
book that deals with growing up and changing when you have to face
something huge, well in this case, huge and super evil. I recommend
this to anyone who likes great character development and a great
paranormal story.

Larry Rodness began his entertainment career as a professional singer at the age of 19 and has been performing in Toronto for over 35years with
his wife and singing partner, Jodi, at venues such as The Old Mill,
Royal York Hotel, Skyline and Bristol Place Hotel as well as countless
corporate and private functions.

In
the 80's Larry studied musical theatre writing with PRO under Broadway
conductor Layman Engel, which led him to write for dinner theater. He
then moved into the screenplay arena where he has written over a dozen
screenplays and has had 3 scripts optioned to date. In the past 2 years
he has also become a published novelist.

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